If you have already completed the JNCC MMO
Mitigation Training with Intelligent Ocean
you can attend a half day PSO Mitigation
Training course for £60 which will follow the
day after the JNCC MMO course. The PSO course
when done in conjunction with the JNCC MMO
course is an extra half day course because much
of the material overlaps with the JNCC course.
So the combination JNCC/PSO courses can be
completed in a day and a half.

Please note that if you have taken a JNCC
MMO course with another trainer you MUST
complete the full one day PSO course or re sit
the JNCC MMO again with Intelligent Ocean.

Course Details

This course has been approved by the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
and the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Management (BSEE) which
was formerly the Minerals Management
Services (MMS) and is required for
you to work as a
Protected Species Observer (PSO)
in the Gulf of Mexico during seismic
surveys.

Accommodation

Please note that the Globe
Hotel (which is a common choice of accommodation for
our trainees) has a disco in its bar every Friday
and Saturday night. If the courses coincide with the
need to book accommodation on these nights please do
consider if this noise will be unsuitable for you.

Travel

Kings Lynn is on the train line from London
Kings Cross Station with a regular hourly service.
There is also a good train service from London
Stansted Airport (with just one change). For more
comprehensive travel details (especially from other
airports) please click on the following link.

Please note there are no car parking facilities
at the Globe Hotel. There are several public car
parks in the town within walking distance.

Please note the cost of these vary and that some
have restricted times you can stay. The car
park outside the Globe Hotel (number 1 on map) for
example is very expensive and has restricted times.

Please factor in enough travel time to find an
appropriate car park elsewhere.

A private car park we recommend is shown on
the car park map with
a red cross. This car park, whose entrance is
on Church Street, always has spaces and is
reasonably priced for a whole day. Alternatively
we suggest the long stay car parks A, D, E or F
(see map).

09:30 - 11:00

Why is there work for Protected Species
Observers?
Who are the BOEM/BSEE?
Marine Mammal Terminology
Marine Mammals and Noise
The Importance of Sound to Marine Mammals
Impacts of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals
and Turtles
Physical Effects
Behavioural Disturbance
Masking
Indirect effects